Federico Fellini
January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1993
Federico Fellini was an inspiring Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. He won five Academy Awards including the most number of Oscars in history for Best Foreign Language Film.
Fellini is best known for his films- 8½ (1963) and La Dolce Vita (1960).
I personally enjoy his La strada (1954), and Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - which both star Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina. As well as Amarcord (1973),Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) andSatyricon (1969).
Fellini and Masina shooting La Strada (1954)
La Strada (1954)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Juliet of the Spirits(1965)
Nights of Cabiria (1957) was a particularly touching movie about a doomed prostitute who wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love, again starring Giulietta Masina.
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
"It is not memory that dominates my films. To say that my films are
autobiographical is an overly facile liquidation, a hasty
classification. It seems to me that I have invented almost everything:
childhood, character, nostalgias, dreams, memories, for the pleasure of
being able to recount them." -FF
Amarcord(1973)
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini(1976)
Roma (1972)
Intervista (1987)
As he saw it, the clown "was always the caricature of a
well-established, ordered, peaceful society. But today all is temporary,
disordered, grotesque. Who can still laugh at clowns?... All the world
plays a clown now."- FF
Federico Fellini
“The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world. ”- Frederico Fellini
Gene Krupa was a Jazz drummer who was known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style.
Krupa worked with seminal artists such as Benny Goodman, Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. His playing has influenced many artists, including John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Keith Moon (The Who) and Neil Peart (Rush).
Two of his pupils were Peter Criss (KISS) and Jerry Nolan (The New York Dolls).
In 1978, Krupa became the first drummer inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame.
(via wikipedia):
In the 1930s, Krupa prominently featured Slingerland drums. At Krupa's urging, Slingerland developed tom-toms with tuneable top and bottom heads, which immediately became important elements of virtually every drummer's setup. Krupa developed and popularized many of the cymbal techniques that became standards. His collaboration with Armand Zildjian of the Avedis Zildjian Company developed the modern hi-hat cymbals and standardized the names and uses of the ride cymbal, the crash cymbal, the splash cymbal, the pang cymbal and the swish cymbal. One of his drum sets, a Slingerland inscribed with Benny Goodman's and Krupa's initials, is preserved at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C.[9]
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